I saw that one. Its cute as all Shiranui figs should be but its a boring swimsuit figure >_
I like my figurines to be more interesting. I am a discerning figurine connoisseur.
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I saw that one. Its cute as all Shiranui figs should be but its a boring swimsuit figure >_
I like my figurines to be more interesting. I am a discerning figurine connoisseur.
The power of Urobuchi. If its happy, he probably didnt write it.
Yeah they said Sept or October at Anime Boston I believe.
Damned great news. damned great.
Dedication Through Light
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The Devil is a Part-Timer! Episode 12 The Devil Carries Out His Duties
That was a fun episode. Excellent fight attire for Maou, and then all of his other roomies making some contribution
. Will miss this when it finishes up next week though, maybe it can get an ova or two?
That was a fun episode. Excellent fight attire for Maou, and then all of his other roomies making some contribution
Urushihara surprised me, thought he would actually join forces over there but thankgoodness he embodies NEETftw mentality
Then there is little more I can show you except for SEGA UFO Catcher prizes, or garage-kits shown at WF not so well accomplished, I think. Sorry!
That Sega one is cuuuuute but probably not very big. I wish Alter or GSC would make one.
It says 17 cm.
nintendoman58
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I have this really weird urge to watch K-ON!! But I'm scared. I don't know how I'll feel watching the episode, and I feel any negative opinion I might have (considering it's overwhelmingly positive popularity) will end up getting any opinion I have of all anime invalid.
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
Exactly what mindset should I be in going into K-ON!!?
ZachDeKoromaru
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Fun things are fun.
Second season? Have you watched the first one?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't know why you'd get worked up about a show that really amounts to just watching four/five girls going to school and not playing music for 40ish episodes. lol
Chet Rippo
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You should have bought me one.
nintendoman58
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Second season? What are you...oh. The second season is marked with two exclamations instead of one? Well that's not confusing at all.
I've never watched anything K-ON! related. Haven't heard a single song, haven't watched a single episode.
Exactly. And yet the show has it's own community thread here. So there must be something enjoyable in it.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Like everything!
Just watch it expecting something generally fun and pleasant and you'll probably be fine. But it's not like you'll be fed to the dogs if you don't like it.
I'm glad to know someone doesn't think I'm crazy.
Because 3 months ago killing them meant they would have died for real. And since Alfheim and SAO are practically identical, it means that when he kills someone, it looks just like how it would if someone had been murdered in SAO. People dying in Alfheim look just like the man who died in his arms in SAO, like the party he saw slaughtered by monsters in SAO, like the man he killed in SAO, and so on and so forth. That this has no visible effect on him is absurd. Consider other anime, where when say, Amuro Ray first kills a man, even in self-defense, its a big deal. Kirito barely reacts to killing a man, and now enjoys it.
Kirito just jumps into Alfheim and embraces it without the slightest hesitation, and that isn't realistic at all. Anyone, kid or adult, who'd been trapped for two years in a game, should be more cautious about it, and even more so about killing people. That doubt should exist, that this isn't just a game because it wasn't just a game last time, but it doesn't, and that's indefensible poor writing.
It was sudden, especially from Kirito's point of view. In literally one day the place he'd called home was gone, he was sundered from his friends by distance and anonymity, and the entire life he'd had with his wife and child was not only stripped from him, but forbidden him by law to be discussed with anyone.
You quite literally cannot explain away why that shouldn't have a huge effect on him, but there it is. Kirito's busy playing video games when any normal human being should be going through some serious withdrawal. They could even have opted to treat Alfheim as his relapsing because of withdrawal, but that's expecting something of the writer's staff, and expecting anything after the 0 pay off of the first arc is unwise.
Because it was. Unless you'd care to explain the villain's motive, I see no reason to say it wasn't. Because Kaiyaba did not explain why he did what he did.
No, not it isn't.
No, no he does not. He spews some bullshit about making a virtual world and that's it. Which he'd done. No explanation is given for trapping and killing thousands of people. And please don't say "not logging out was for the sake of realism" because realism would require that people also be allowed to have kids and age and you couldn't fucking do that, and it doesn't explain his bullshit plan for the 100th floor.
And yet none of this is shown at all. Kirito doesn't stop and say "I have to do it for her." As a matter of fact, in episode 19 he's like "Fuck saving my wife, I'm gonna go help this girl I barely know." and sure, maybe he's heroic, but he also has 5 fucking days to save her and is being nonchalant as fuck about it. When in the last episode did he even think about Asuna?
I really don't see why any of this isn't as inconsistent or strange as you seem hell bound to think.
There is. I have made some very very good friends from there too.
Its a rather :cajun show but it has excellent animation, fun likeable characters, and great music. Its very well designed to appeal to its audience,
Episode 12 was great!
I gotta say though the editing or continuity is really fucked up in this episode.
I really had an issue with during the fight where
The other thing that annoyed me is less minor but still relatively weird, which is, how exactly did
Otherwise it was a good episode and would have gotten an 11 out of 10 from me if
but I have to give it an 8.
I gotta say though the editing or continuity is really fucked up in this episode.
I really had an issue with during the fight where
Maou tells Suzuno to take care of Emi and Chiho, which was fine but then moments later Emi's blown away by an attack. What the fuck, both she and Chiho were placed under Suzuno's care and why was Emi just all alone so just she could get thrown off the roof? It was a really awkward scene that existed just to get Emi into Maous arms, fucking Emi shippers. Anyways, that annoyed me.
The other thing that annoyed me is less minor but still relatively weird, which is, how exactly did
Olba get Emi's bag?
Otherwise it was a good episode and would have gotten an 11 out of 10 from me if
Chiho uppercutting Sariel was really Chiho and not Maou
Is the first one the Japanese equivalent of Busted (sure am showing how down am with the kids with that one arn't I)
The other one apparently isn't safe for consumption in the UK.
Those figures are not very expensive at all. might be worth picking up to have a Shiranui on my shelf
Chet Rippo
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By everything you mean nothing, no?
nintendoman58
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Well I like Fairy Tail and I enjoy Dog Days to some extent. So it shouldn't be that bad. Oh, and speaking of Dog Days...
Dog Days - 10
Wow anime, way to ruin a touching moment by stripping Millhiore right there. This show is achieving Fairy Tail levels of unnecessary fanservice right now.
Wasn't expecting the whole
possessed fox dilemma. But it doesn't really matter as the problem gets solved pretty quickly.
We have our epic battle, and that's pretty much it. At this point I'd say this show is nothing spectacular, but at least it's in the "likable" category. Three more episodes to go, then I'll tackle season 2 another time.
It's a prequel it had to end like that...
peaceiscloser
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I don't know if I've seen a more perfect GIF to summarize this show. Everything you need to know about everyone's personality right there.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Oh jman. Never change.
<3
And Azusa isn't even in it. It really IS perfect!
I kid. Maybe.
Chet Rippo
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Lots of anime seasons nowadays like to do things like that. Dog Days season two is called Dog Days' for crying out loud. At least K-ON!! has two exclamation marks so it makes some sense.
What he means is that the show is very laid back, and it's not like I'm going to beat you over the head with a large trout if you end up not liking it.
you are SO adorable!
Lol yes.
Ritsu - best girl
Mugi - refined
Mio - shy/timid
Yui - happy squee idiot
But where's the futa action?
Chet Rippo is easily exasperated by the hijinks of anime GAF.
Ronald Reagan is not a crook.
That girl is trying to do CPR on Chet's knees.
Blondes are dumb and stare into space while things happen around them.
Nailed it.
Crash Station
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lol, that also probably didn't help much.
peaceiscloser
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This is also correct.
In unrelated news I started going on dates with a girl who looks like Mugi. Eyebrows and everything. (she's caucasian)
That was Nixon, dude.
Or are you saying Yui looks like Ronald Reagan? I can't say I see the resemblance.
Chet Rippo
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hahahahaha FUCK NO
I'd be a terrible moderator and you all goddamn know it
I've got enough to deal with in RL
kayos and cosmic would be good for it though
nintendoman58
Member
Just to throw it out there, here's how I summarize moe anime.
I think a well done anime is like a delicious cake. It's sweet, and it's filled to the brim with just a good taste. But for a cake to be good, it has to have all the right ingredients. In this case, story, animation, writing, etc. MOE characters are the icing on the cake.
But with moe anime, they throw all of that away and just give you a bowl full of icing. That's not to say a bowl full of icing won't taste good every now and then, but you don't see people ordering bowls of icing at fancy restaurants do you?
So before you recommend a moe anime to someone who asks for a good anime, just remember what the person asked you. Did he ask for a well made cake? Or did he ask for bowl full of icing?
I think a well done anime is like a delicious cake. It's sweet, and it's filled to the brim with just a good taste. But for a cake to be good, it has to have all the right ingredients. In this case, story, animation, writing, etc. MOE characters are the icing on the cake.
But with moe anime, they throw all of that away and just give you a bowl full of icing. That's not to say a bowl full of icing won't taste good every now and then, but you don't see people ordering bowls of icing at fancy restaurants do you?
So before you recommend a moe anime to someone who asks for a good anime, just remember what the person asked you. Did he ask for a well made cake? Or did he ask for bowl full of icing?
peaceiscloser
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Oh yeah.
Also pretty much 85% of the reason I'm attracted to the girl because I first saw her as Mugi IRL lol
Indeed I do.
I'm not a huge moe/slice of life person, but I found K-On to be very enjoyable. Bare in mind that the second season is significantly better than the first, so if you're nonplussed by the first 12 episodes don't give up! Also don't go in expecting a comedy show, since it's more aimless/chill in it's approach. It's really well directed and the animation quality is insane. That's my pitch.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Man, maybe you should have become the America's Next Moderator. You seem to have a K-On! alarm. lol
This is easy. K-ON! is a moe anime, K-ON!! is a good anime.
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